Session 5: Sharing of Final "Proof-of-Concept" Projects
Each participant will create a wiki that addresses a curricular standard or other professional purpose. The final product will serve as a model of something teachers and/or students would use. Ideally, it will also be something the participant will actually implement. Final projects will be shared with the entire class.
During session 5, each participant will share their final "proof-of-concept" project. This can be done via audio in elluminate if the participant has a working microphone connected to their computer. If no mic is available, the text chat within elluminate can be used.
Be prepared to share answers to the following eight questions during the session:
What is one obstacle or issue you anticipated and how have you addressed it? Where is the SPELL CHECK Feature????The biggest obstacle is determining whether to use a wiki, web site or blog. Then, there is the issue of what to put on the wiki and lastly will people contribute to the blog. To address the whether to use a wiki, web site or blog, I had to do some research. My undertanding is that a wiki is a web site that is editable by contributors to the wiki. Blogs are more like journals. You can advertise your blog.
What future plans do you have for your wiki? My future plans for this wiki is to continue to provide useful information to educators in Higher Education based on technology I learn and teach to the faculty at the University of South Carolina. Also, I would like to get some good contributions to the site and build a useful learning community.
Also, be prepared to share some feedback on your colleague's wikis as well. Feedback might include the following:
An element of praise for the wiki your colleague has created.
A question about the wiki (or how it will be used).
A suggestion for potentially improving the wiki (or for how it might be used)
Once everyone has shared their project we will also cover a handful of bonus topics (time permitting). Here are some of the topics that might be covered: Embedding Google Calendars (revisited), Embedding Google Docs, & Embedding Google Forms (including self-grading quizzes for assessment). We can also discuss assessing wiki participation with wiki rubrics.
Session 5: Sharing of Final "Proof-of-Concept" Projects
Each participant will create a wiki that addresses a curricular standard or other professional purpose. The final product will serve as a model of something teachers and/or students would use. Ideally, it will also be something the participant will actually implement. Final projects will be shared with the entire class.
During session 5, each participant will share their final "proof-of-concept" project. This can be done via audio in elluminate if the participant has a working microphone connected to their computer. If no mic is available, the text chat within elluminate can be used.
Be prepared to share answers to the following eight questions during the session:
Also, be prepared to share some feedback on your colleague's wikis as well. Feedback might include the following:
Once everyone has shared their project we will also cover a handful of bonus topics (time permitting). Here are some of the topics that might be covered: Embedding Google Calendars (revisited), Embedding Google Docs, & Embedding Google Forms (including self-grading quizzes for assessment). We can also discuss assessing wiki participation with wiki rubrics.